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UMMA Center

Part of UMMA Center · ages 4 to 29

Growing up is not one thing.

A seven-year-old needs friends and room to play. A fifteen-year-old needs people who take them seriously. A twenty-two-year-old needs a way into work and a reason to come back. NEXGEN is how UMMA Center follows one person through all of it.

Come todayWhat runs under NEXGEN

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The main hall at 6 Arc Place: a wide polished-concrete floor under a black ceiling, with a low stage at one end and the café counter at the other.
The main hall at 6 Arc Place. Not a render, and not a stock photograph.

Every stage

One ladder, from four to twenty-nine

Nobody ages out into nothing. Each rung is written for who a person is at that age, and the one above it is waiting.

  1. 01

    Bloom

    ages 4–6

    First steps in belonging.

  2. 02

    Kids

    ages 7–10

    Adventure and friendships.

  3. 03

    Tweens

    ages 11–13

    Identity and creativity.

  4. 04

    Teens

    ages 14–18

    Belonging and real conversation.

  5. 05

    Stewards

    ages 19–29

    Lead, mentor, build.

Open now

What runs under NEXGEN

Published programmes whose recorded age bands sit inside 4 to 29. Ages, cost and the next date come from the same records the front desk works from.

One building

The rooms it happens in

One address in Staten Island. Not a campus and not a chain. Every picture below is a photograph of the actual room.

The podcast studio: a wooden recording table with red chairs, microphones on boom arms and mugs set out, beneath two wall-mounted screens.
The podcast studioA space for community voices. Ask about a studio session.

  • The main hall

    Friday Nights, Saturday Sessions and Family Sundays all happen in here.

  • Program room one

    Homebase mornings, workshops and small-group sessions.

  • Program room two

    Study hall, tutoring and breakout groups.

The three names

NEXGEN is not the whole center

UMMA Center is the village. NEXGEN is where the next generation grows inside it. It is a programme, not the organisation, not the building and not the charity — so if your family is older than 29, you still belong here.

Everything, for every age

How the three names fit together

  1. The 501(c)(3)

    UMMA Foundation

  2. Its community home · you are here

    UMMA Center

    • Its youth programme · ages 4–29

      NEXGEN

    • And everyone else in the family

      Wellness, the café, the studio, family days, mentoring

NEXGEN is not the whole center, and UMMA Center is not only for young people. If your family is older than 29, you still belong here.

Come and look first

You cannot tell whether a place is right for your fifteen-year-old by reading about it. Turn up once, stand in the room, and watch who they talk to.

Bring them, or come without them. Nobody will ask you to sign anything at the door.

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